Emancipation in New York was debated in legistation whether to have a gradual imigration or an immediate disbanding of slavery. It wad finally decided to have a gradual intergration by estabslishing the Assembly of 1785 which stated that any children born to a slave woman after 1785 would be free. However, many different exceptions attactched that kept any amount of power out of African-Americans hands.
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